New Delhi [India], Sep 20 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that India wishes to help Afghanistan with the National Knowledge Network (NKN) programme, an initiative that will allow educational institutes in the war-torn country to connect using high-speed internet.During a civic reception organised for Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani by a think tank, India Foundation, the Union Minister told Ghani, "We have got a National Knowledge Network (NKN). We have connected 1668 universities and institutes in India on high-speed internet. I wish to offer NKN in universities of your country too."He further said that some of the Indian programmes such as e-hospitals, e-scholarship, digital literacy initiative can be extended to neighbouring country Afghanistan.During his one-day visit to India, Ghani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress of the multi-faceted India-Afghanistan strategic partnership. (ANI)

Patna (Bihar) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha on Wednesday asserted that arrogance of BJP and Nitish Kumar were one of the reasons behind leaving the NDA and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) should also follow suit.

New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) Badruddin Ajmal on Wednesday demanded that National Register of Citizens (NRC) must be implemented all over India and its scope should not remain limited to Assam only.

New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Having been detained and imprisoned in Pakistan for a total of six years over charges of espionage, 33-year-old Mumbai-based Hamid Ansari feels "really good" to have finally returned home.

New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): The share of the Indian economy in the world (measured as a ratio of India's GDP to world's GDP at current US$) has increased from 2.6 per cent in 2014 to 3.2 per cent in 2017 (as per World Development Indicators database).

Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Tuesday informed that it had not been able to locate 13 miners who were trapped while working in an illegal coal mine in Ksan village of Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district.